IAADPInternational Association of
Assistance Dog Partners

IAADP Bookstore

Notice to readers: Contact information on how to order various publications is provided solely as a convenience to website visitors. We do not receive income from any books listed. All proceeds from sale of the DVDs however, go to benefit IAADP thanks to the copies generously sponsored by Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.

Celebrating the human animal bond, Partners in Independence illustrates the wide variety of tasks performed by assistance dogs to enhance the quality of life of their disabled partners. This DVD is filled with real life scenes of appealing working dogs. Guide dogs, who assist the blind and visually impaired, are shown safely negotiating the environment, guiding their partners on public transportation and using intelligent disobedience to avoid a speeding car. Hearing dogs, who assist the deaf and hard of hearing, are portrayed alerting to a smoke alarm, a crying baby and the partnerís name. Service dogs, who assist individuals with other disabilities, are depicted opening a refrigerator, retrieving a crutch and pulling off socks.

Information is also presented about puppies preparing for future careers as working assistance dogs. A variety of young dogs are shown learning to walk on slick floors, ride in elevators and calmly lie on the floor in a restaurant.

Professionally done, this engaging video is a visual delight that will be of great value in educating the public about the role of assistance dogs in the lives of their disabled teammates. It will also be of interest to those considering partnering with an assistance dog.

This 12-minute video sponsored by Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. was written and produced by Ed and Toni Eames. All proceeds go to benefit the International Association of Assistance Dog Partners (IAADP), a cross disability consumer advocacy organization.

Order it online at www.iaadp.org or by sending check or money order made out to IAADP in the amount of fifteen dollars ($15.00) to Ed Eames, 3376 North Wishon, Fresno, CA 93704. A companion book also called Partners in Independence is available.

Celebrating the human animal bond, Partners in Independence focuses on the relationship between veterinarians, their clients with disabilities and the special needs of guide, hearing and service dogs. Partners in Independence illustrates the wide variety of tasks performed by assistance dogs to enhance the quality of life of their disabled partners. This DVD is filled with real life scenes of appealing working dogs. Guide dogs, who assist the blind and visually impaired, are shown safely negotiating the environment, guiding their partners on public transportation and using intelligent disobedience to avoid a speeding car. Hearing dogs, who assist the deaf and hard of hearing, are portrayed alerting to a smoke alarm, a crying baby and the partnerís name. Service dogs, who assist individuals with other disabilities, are depicted opening a refrigerator, retrieving a crutch and pulling off socks.

Information is also presented about puppies preparing for future careers as working assistance dogs. A variety of young dogs are shown learning to walk on slick floors, ride in elevators and calmly lie on the floor in a restaurant. Several puppies are shown in a veterinary hospital being examined and handled by the staff.

Professionally done, this engaging video is a visual delight that will be of great value in educating your staff and clients about the role of assistance dogs in the lives of their disabled teammates. A central theme is the role of veterinarians and their staff in maintaining the health and well being of these life enhancing canine assistants.

This 12-minute video sponsored by Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. was written and produced by Ed and Toni Eames. All proceeds go to benefit the International Association of Assistance Dog Partners (IAADP), a cross disability consumer advocacy organization.

Order it online at www.iaadp.org or by sending check or money order made out to IAADP in the amount of fifteen dollars ($15.00) to Ed Eames, 3376 North Wishon, Fresno, CA 93704. A companion book also called Partners in Independence is available.

PARTNERS IN INDEPENDENCE: A Success Story of Dogs and the Disabled by Ed and Toni Eames

The intelligent and alert guide dog leading a blind partner through a busy matrix of complex streets has become a familiar sight. Less familiar, but just as dramatic, are the hearing and service dogs who, through an incredible diversity of tasks, improve the quality of life for people with other disabilities.
Partners in Independence is about those dogs and the disabled people whose lives they enhance. These are the stories of visionaries who recognized the potential and converted canine potentialities into realities. Thanks to the dogs you will meet in this book, thousands of disabled people enjoy more enriched lives. They pursue careers, attend school, make friends, and cope with the situations each day brings. They and their dogs are best friends in the truest sense of the word. Ed and Toni Eames are active members of the world they describe. With their guide dogs, they have traveled the world, educated others and met a diverse segment of humanity featured in this book. They present the challenge, the humor, the determination and the pathos familiar to disabled people everywhere who confidently go through doors opened with the help of their canine partners!

Includes chapters on the history of assistance dogs, traveling with assistance dogs, caring for assistance dogs, rights of the disabled and contact information to the assistance dog world.

232 pages, paperback. $15.95. ISBN:0-9700494-4-7Braille and Cassette copies are available from the National Library Service
For an interview with Ed and Toni Eames, call them at (559) 224-0544
or email at toni@iaadp.org

Outstanding training manuals for obedience and service dog work for people with physical disabilities with many suggestions for ways to overcome or get around problems presented by various disabilities. Also available in DVD or Video.

GUIDE TO ASSISTANCE DOG LAWS, Second EDITION - Legal Access Guide for the USA, Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.